Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 336 Conditions
"But we don't have enough mana!" Renxin Huadao reminded us in the group chat. "Besides, even if we can use it and bring NPCs out, we can't guarantee we can actually bring them out!"

Guantangbao also hesitated, saying, "Huadao is right. What if we bring out their bodies but lose their souls? And with such a large story map, we can't just simply use the teleportation array to take the NPCs out and be done with it, can we? That would make the quest too easy!"

The Jade Emperor, without consulting Dai Min, said, "Actually... we have other companions who came in. They were setting up the teleportation array, which is why they didn't come with us."

Dai Min didn't expose the Jade Emperor and the others' ulterior motives; his entire attention was focused on what they were saying.

"You mean... a teleportation array!? A teleportation array that leads outside!?"

Dai Min's face suddenly flushed crimson, his previous lifeless expression vanishing completely. He was so excited that tears streamed down his face as he rambled on, "That's it, that's it! You are puppets, and you can freely move in and out, so naturally you can set up teleportation arrays! The reason we couldn't build teleportation arrays before was because we couldn't communicate with each other... So, so..."

"Yes, the good news is that we've set up a teleportation array, but the bad news is that we don't know if it will actually work. If what you get after being teleported out is... a body without a soul..."

At this point, the Jade Emperor paused.

This possibility is not small. No one knows what the real reason behind the Soul Devouring Rift is. We must always be prepared for the worst.

“It’s alright, it’s alright,” Dai Min was still agitated. He tried to close his eyes and said in a deep voice, “I have to try, I have to try before I’m satisfied!”

As he spoke, he suddenly stared intently at the Jade Emperor. He had long since realized that the Jade Emperor had been making the decisions between the two. So he solemnly asked, "What conditions does your Taiyin Sect have? Please state them. As long as it is within my power, I will do my utmost! If, if it is truly possible to leave through the teleportation array, I hope that you fellow Daoists will have some compassion for the people here and bring them out as well. Then... all my years of hardship will not have been in vain!"

The Jade Emperor hurriedly said, "You can rest assured that even if you didn't say anything, we wouldn't stand idly by! No matter what the Sword Sect did back then, it shouldn't be the responsibility of all the people living in Tiangui Mountain! The reason we set up the teleportation array was precisely for this matter!"

After hearing the Jade Emperor's words, Renxin Huadao couldn't help but voice a question in the team channel: "Huh!? Are we!?"

Nietzsche and the others had already set up the teleportation array. Fearing a plot-driven death or some other unexpected event, they did not go to meet up with the Jade Emperor. Instead, they stayed outside, digging up flowers and plants, planning to pick and choose these plants with special growing environments and colors after completing the mission and sell them, perhaps making a small profit.

As Guantangbao put the few translucent pink stones he had just picked up into his backpack, he secretly pursed his lips where no one could see and complained, "The Emperor is a little shameless, isn't he? Didn't we set up the teleportation array so we wouldn't have to run around the map if we died later?"

Napier grass casually added, "Hey, it doesn't conflict, I can help rescue people while I'm at it!"

Guantangbao thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's right. Maybe if we rescue these NPCs, the hidden mission score will be higher, and the reward will be better! Anyway, our BabyBus game has always pursued truth, goodness, and beauty!"

Of course, Dai Min was unaware of the players' complaints. He was just feeling relieved, as if he had come back to life, muttering, "That's good...that's good..." "But...I still have a question," Wu Ke's two caterpillar-like eyebrows twitched back and forth, looking particularly comical on his worried face, "How do we try it? No matter who tries, someone will die, right?"

The Jade Emperor thought for a moment and said, "We can test it on animals! Like those pitch-black scarabs! We'll see if it causes any problems once the news gets out!"

Dai Min corrected, "It's the Black-Colored Golden Tortoise Shell... Even if we try it with the Black-Colored Golden Tortoise Shell, someone else has to try it too, because the souls of people and the Black-Colored Golden Tortoise Shell are not the same."

Wu Kexi said, "Oh, they're all pretty much the same! That's right! They all have souls anyway!"

“I’ll come. I’ve lived long enough,” Dai Min said. “Even if the idea of ​​a teleportation array doesn’t work, we still can’t leave this place. But at least… at least you can come in, and the people of the Land of Divine Punishment will be saved! We’ll buy food and cloth. Tiangui Mountain may not have much else, but it has plenty of minerals! Kunwu stone has been one of the best things in the entire Guixu Realm since ancient times, and the Kunwu stone mine in Tiangui Mountain is the best in the world!”

Hearing Dai Min's words, Renxin Huadao's mind started racing: "Huh? That makes sense! Even if they can't get out, we can get in! Hmm... do you think this might be some kind of business management gameplay map unlock?"

"That's all in the future. Don't worry, we won't abandon the people here. We..."

The Jade Emperor was about to say something more to appease Dai Min when suddenly, Nietzsche, who had been silent all along, spoke in the team channel in an unquestionable tone: "Your Majesty, I know you are from Chang'an Sheyi, but this mission belongs to our Haoqi Changcun Sheyi, and your Chang'an Sheyi doesn't lack people right now, so I plan to ask these NPCs to settle in Wuwang City if they can be brought out through the teleportation array."

"Uh... well... actually I don't have any objections to this!"

The Jade Emperor was momentarily stunned, but quickly realized what Nietzsche meant.

Because the Jade Emperor played a major guiding and participating role throughout the entire quest, Nietzsche was worried that the Jade Emperor would represent Chang'an Sheyi in seizing the NPC population.

This is not to say that Nietzsche's ideas were petty, but rather that there is indeed a significant shortage of NPCs in this game!

Especially for the various communities of all sizes that have sprung up like mushrooms after rain since the open beta, NPC population resources are almost directly related to the development of the community!

Take Chang'an City as an example. The current Chang'an City is so prosperous that it is no exaggeration to call it the number one city in the Central Plains!
But what about the other communities?
People like Longshan She-eup, Gugu Chicken She-eup, and I Love Farming She-eup are either backed by capital because they are profitable, or they have seized some special business opportunities, or they are simply very wealthy. What chance do other small She-eup have?

Just look at how frenzied people and slaves were each time the Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity Flying Ships delivered them—that's how precious the NPC population resources are in this game! And now, with such a huge opportunity presented to Nietzsche, is it possible she wouldn't take advantage of the situation? She's not a philanthropist!